Tag: stand up comedian

Comedian Nemr On His Showtime Special

Nemr’s new Showtime special is “No Bombing in Beirut.” Nemr is a Lebanese/American stand-up comic who now performs globally using only his first name, Nemr. He is recognized as the pioneer of Stand Up Comedy in the Middle East having actively both established the industry, and developed it, starting in the year 2000 from Lebanon. He has always performed in English, and now performs regularly in the USA, Europe, and the Middle East.

Nemr has written and performed seven full feature shows, the latest of which was a world tour that took Nemr to many major U.S. cities, Europe, and across the Middle East.

He has also released two feature specials as cinematic experiences, EPIC (2014) and Victorious Secret (2016) and had his own prime time TV show on the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (2012). In May of 2014 he was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine (Middle East).

He is currently touring his new show, No Politics No Religion One Love.
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Comic Paul Gilmartin & Journalist David Dayen

Comic Fred Stoller, Storyteller Dylan Brody and Constitutional Law Professor Corey Brettschneider. Paul Gilmartin hosts The Mental Illness Happy Hour and talks about coping as well as curing problems of the mind. David Dayen writes for The Nation, The New Republic, American Prospect and The Intercept. He talks about who the real culprits are behind rising drug costs and why California’s attempt to pass Single Payer has stalled. Professor Corey Brettschneider on why we need to impeach Trump as soon as possible and why Neil Gorsuch may turn out to be more conservative than Antonin Scalia. Dylan Brody has been called a genius by David Sedaris. He’s also been called a genius by David Feldman, but who cares what Feldman thinks? Dylan is performing his new one man show “Driving Hollywood” at The Pit all this month in Manhattan. Fred Stoller’s new book is “Five Minutes To Kill.” He’s currently working on a new book about his mother Pearl.

Produced by Alicia Cordova

Listen to individual interviews:

Paul Gilmartin

David Dayen

Corey Brettschneider

Dylan Brody

Fred Stoller

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